Thank you for the reply. Version E reads well. I think it is mainly the last comma in the original that doesn't feel right to me. One could take...
That's interesting. Is it a common principle of style to avoid certain forms of punctuation? When I first read the original I found myself adding...
Aegon the Conqueror was not the widow of a Dothraki khal, but he did have dragons and was a sacker of cities.
Just as an example, I came across the following quote on a website. (It's obviously from one of the A Song of Ice and Fire books.) "Daenerys...
Separate names with a comma.